A Manual of EthicsCosimo, Inc., 1 gen 2005 - 472 pagine The ethos of a people... we may say, constitutes the atmosphere in which the best members of a race habitually live...-from "The Virtues"Offered as a textbook for university students and drawing from both classical and modern schools of philosophical thought-from Aristotle and the Bible to Mill, Hume, and Kant-this comprehensive 1901 overview of the universe of ethical thought is still a valuable resource today. The fascinating discussions within explore: .the nature of ethics.the art of conduct.ethics and the physical sciences.ethics and economics.psychological hedonism.the true sense of freedom.the origin of conscience.the moral connoisseur.the general problem of authority.the social universe.theories of punishment.morality and religion.and more.A book to dip into at random or to read in-depth, this is as fresh and original today as it was a century ago.British philosopher JOHN STUART MACKENZIE (1860-1935) was professor of logic and philosophy at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. |
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pose 11 Will and Character | 43 |
MOTIVE AND INTENTION | 59 |
Preliminary Remarks 2 The Meaning of Inten | 69 |
CHARACTER AND CONDUCT | 83 |
Note on Responsibility ΙΟΙ | 101 |
THE STANDARD AS | 162 |
Note on Kant | 203 |
THE STANDARD AS PERFECTION | 234 |
THE AUTHORITY OF THE Moral Standard | 255 |
THE BEARING OF THEORY ON PRACTICE | 273 |
THE SOCIAL UNITY | 291 |
MORAL INSTITUTIONS | 309 |
Note on Justice | 329 |
The Development of the Moral Consciousness | 104 |
Note on Sociology | 113 |
The Earliest Forms of the Moral Judgment ? 2 | 123 |
The Nature of the Moral Judgment 2 2 The Object | 131 |
Note on the Meaning of Conscience | 146 |
THE TYPES OF ETHICAL THEORY | 156 |
Note on Rules of Conduct | 349 |
THE INDIVidual Life | 374 |
MORAL PATHOLOGY | 393 |
MORAL Progress | 413 |
Social Evolution 2 The Moral Universe 3 Inner | 426 |
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